In this new second edition, author Leonard Kalfayan has updated his 2001 book on acid stimulation, one of the primary methods for improving. productivity of oil, gas, injection, and disposal wells. A properly designed and executed acid job can improve cash flow. Kalfayan offers practical guidelines for acid treatment design by stressing a systematic approach to candidate selection, treatment design, as well as execution and evaluation for improvement in profits and productivity. The new edition includes discussions of modern acid systems and treatment methods with worldwide applications for both carbonate and sandstone formations; new concepts for simplifying and proliferating sandstone acid application; the latest in carbonate matrix and fracture acidizing; more on non-conventional acidizing concepts and acid systems; and more on geothermal well stimulation. As with his original book, readers can find practical, useful acidizing information and gain greater understanding and appreciate of its benefits.
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Introduction
PART I : PRELIMNAMRIES
Chapter 1 : A Brief History of Acidizing
Chapter 2 : Acid Treatment Categories
Chapter 3 : Formation Damage
PART II : SANDSTONE ACIDIZING
Chapter 4 : Purposes of Sandstone Acidizing
Chapter 5 : Why Sandstone Acid Jobs Fail
Chapter 6 : Six Steps to Successful Sandstone Acidizing
Chapter 7 : Unconventional Sandstone and Geothermal Well
Chapter 8 : Sandstone Acidizing in Horizontal Wells
PART III : CARBONATE ACIDIZING
Chapter 9 : Purposes of Carbonate Acidizing
Chapter 10 : Comments on the Chemistry and the Physics
Chapter 11 : Carbonate Matrix Acidizing: Systems and Procedures
Chapter 12 : Carbonate Fracture Acidizing: Systems and Procedures
Chapter 13 : Carbonate Acidizing in Horizontal Wells
PART IV : SPECTIALIZED REMEDIAL TREATMENTS
Chapter 14 : Inorganic Scale Removal
Chapter 15 : Organic Deposit Removal
PART V : QUALITY CONTROL PRACTICES
Chapter 16 : Acid Treatment Quality Control
Chapter 17 : Safety
Appendix
Index
